Chimp drumming reveals building blocks of human rhythm


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A file photo from 2016 of a male chimpanzee making a pant-hoot call to distant group members in Uganda’s Budongo Forest. — ADRIAN SOLDATI/AP

Out west, they groove with fast, evenly spaced beats. In the east, it’s more free-form and fluid.

Like humans, chimpanzees drum with distinct rhythms – and two subspecies living on opposite sides of Africa have their own signature styles, according to a study published in Current Biology.

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